...Mei Fong Rules governing the size of Chinese families remain in place—and even with a recent loosening of the policy, it may be too late to avert demographic decline. © 2016 Current History. All rights reserved. 2016 The Regents of the University of California Mei Fong China one-child...

... The Regents of the University of California fertility Richard Cincotta Africa women's rights AIDS demographics South Africa Botswana Zimbabwe Kenya 184 Fertility decline and a maturing age structure typically prove more indicative of future human development . . . than do shifts toward...

... demographics China aging Japan United States population France developed world Germany developing world 20 The risk of social and political upheaval could grow throughout the develop- ing world even as the developed world s capacity to deal with such threats declines. Global Aging...

... during the June 1967 war. The controversy is not just about demographic data, of course; political ideology also is involved. But the demographic data, once understood, leave little room for debate: The Arab population has been, is, and for several more years will be grow- ing at a faster pace than...

... Nicholas Eberstadt Russia demographics mortality Soviet Union heart disease alcohol tobacco fertility AIDS 288 How could a literate European country with a traditionally strong technical and scientific base gradually but inexorably retrogress toward a Third World mortal- ity profile...

... underappreciated: China s changing demography. With 1.33 billion people, China today remains the world s most populous country. In a little more than a decade, however, it will for the first time in its long history give up this title, to India. But, even more important, China s demographic landscape has in recent...

... welfare state China United States social model Lisbon Strategy eligibility requirements demographics open method coordination 99 The form of the welfare state may change, but . . . European nation-states will continue to view public responsibility for citizen welfare as an important role...